The Dublin post. (Dublin, Ga.) 1878-1894, March 31, 1886, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME VIII. DUBLIN. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH ai, 1886. NUMBER XL Professional Cards. Dr. J. P. HOLMES, PRACTITIONER, CONDOR, - - GEORGIA. C NALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL J hours. Obsterics a specialty. Office Residence. mcli24, 7m. Dr. T. A. IPx*ai0ij±.1j±03n-ex*, CO.L SWINGS, GA. / 't ALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL . Kj hours. Obsterics a specialty. Office Residence. .meb24, tf. ■ ■ Dr. P. M. JOHNSON, PRACTITIONER, Lovetti - * Georgia. C A ALLS ATTEN DED TO AT ALL J hours, Day and Night. inch 85 tf. ; — i—i j— L Dr. J. L. LINDER. ^BlXjjUlLKS NORTH OP DUBlAN.] OFFERS his^ervices to the public at large. Calls promptly attended to, : day : Or night. Office .at residence. aug.20, !84 ly. - CHARLES HICKS, M. D., PRACTITIONER. Dublin, • Georgia. je20, ly TOM'S PUNISHMENT. DR. G. F. GREEN, PRACTITIONER. Dublin, - Georgia. - 'IALLS ATTENDED..TO AT ALL' Arbours. Obstetrics aspccialty. Residence. Office A TALE OF THE SEA. “Been fighting, oh?” “Yes, sir; I could hot help it.” “Didn’t you know that fighting among the men was against the rules of the ship?” “Yes, sir, I knew that.” “And knowing it, you fought. Whon I asked you who struck the first blow, you owned that you did.” “I own that I gave -the N first blow.” “Why did you give tile first blow?” “I decline to answer, sir.” “None ofthe men will tell me eith er. Well, my lad, since you gave the first blow, you must be punished.” Turning to his mates, the speak er—Captain Wendel, of the ship Wnichlight—ordered them to rie up the youth this young sailor, Tom Winder, one of his crew, who had broken the rules of the ship by fight ing—and flog him on his bare back with the “cat.” . A minute later the captain’s pretty wife, Martha, came up from the cab in, and seeing Tom tied to the miz zen rigging, she asked her liunbuild what the matter was, and on being informed, she pleaded for the young fellow. The captain had hoped she would not como up till after the flogging was^ondecl. In spite of all lull 'pro testations, she insisted that the poor boy should not be whipped, and tak ing u pair-of scissors from her pock et, she cut him loose fretn the rig ging to which lie had been tjed, with her own hands. Although very severe with his men, the captain loved his wife, and usually allowed her to have her own way in most things. “Let it be so for the present,” he said; but he made up liis mind that he would carry out his purpose of flogging the youth at midnight, while his partner was asleep. “But ho must also be punished now, somehow,”'lid continued. “Dis cipline must be preserved. Aloft you goat tho masthead, bare-headed, and don’t come down, till I tell you to,” lie added, addressing Torn". Martha used every effort to pre vent his being punished, even in this way, but all in vain. Her husband was Arm, and up went Tom, bare headed, in a scorching sun, to take his place far aloft, on the mizzen top-gallant cross-trees.- By and by little Ben, the captain’s son, a child of ten, and a favorite with all hands, cutne on deck. This boy was fond of climbing, alid more than once had he frightened his mother half to death by his venture some pranks. : • . The weather on this day was caltn and very warm. The ship was ly ing in the Atlantic, a little to the south of the line, without a breath of air to stir her canvas. Ben glanced aloft, and, taking advantage of the absence of his mother, who was;now gone below, and of his fath er’s ibeing- busy with the mate in taking an observation, lie concluded to try his hand, or rather his leys, at climbing. Getting on the* rail, ho was soon nimbly mounting the mizzeu-rigging. He had reached the top-sail yard ere he was noticed by any ofthe watch on deck, all of whom were busy. Then one of them gave notice of Bed’s whereabouts, upon which there was some excitement aft. Martlm came up on hearing the noise; and joined her pleading voice to tier husband’s, ill trying to coax Write your mime on a postal card, ad- tho child to come back.^ But he on dress it to us, and wc will send you Sped- j ly laughed, as, on hands mid knees, he commenced to crawl out toward T. L. GRWER, ' ATTORNEY Js COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Dublin - Georgia. may 21 tf. THOMAS fL FELDER, Jr. attorney at law, - Dublin. - » Georgia. Wgi practice in the courts of the Oco nee, Ocmulgee and. Middle circuits, and the Supreme court of Georgia, and else where by special contract. Will negotiate loans on improved farm ing lauds. Feb. 18th, 1885.-6m. HAVE YOU TAKEN THE ATUNTlfcONSTITUTIOtl F0RJ885? If not. lay this paper’down and send for it right now- If you want it every day, send for the Daily* .which costs $10.00'a year, or $5.00 for six months or $2.50 for three months. If you want it every week, send for the Great ‘Weekly, which costs $1,25 a year or $5,00 for Clubs of Five. THE WEEKLY CON STITUTION Is the Cheapest! Biggest and Best Paper Printed in America! It has 12 pages chock full of news, gos sip and sketches every week. It prints mere romkuce thaii the story papers, mor- farm-nevrs than the agricultural papers, more fun tliad the humorous papers—be sides all the news. and i Hill Arp’s and Betsy Hamilton's letters, Uncle Remus’s Sketch es! —AND— TALMAGE’S SERMONS. ’ - Costs 2 Cents a Week! It comes once week—takes a whole week to read it! fir V> :! F-i*'- ’v You can't well farm or keep house with out it! men Copy Fiikk: Address THE CONSTITUTION. Land Claims the end of the yard. Though the weatlmr whs cairn, the ship rolled and pitched, now and them, in a all kinds of laud *rr;pt itought and wild . ’ Large stock nwt high** pr:e*.» |mm1. If! anxious mother would turn dcu<lh you want to sell oc buy? If so, write I). L i,, i s , i»i 1( , a4 lt ' A. A. THOMAS, AttSahrat-Law, Wash- K8L . , U iiUMi, D. 0 1 unco or twice thrown sideways, \ SPECIALTY, AND WARRANTS and iidiiuioiul homestead certificate* and ! should fall from his precarious posi tion. 'Meanwhile, no ono dared to go up after him, for, iu that ease, in Ins hurry and excitement to got away from his pursuer, he would certain ly tumble from the yard. The boy had nearly reached the end of the spar, and was playing with the gasket-(a slender rope at tached to the yard) which he had unwound, and was twining about his breast, when all at once, the ship was struck by that most dreaded of all tempest—a white squall. Wliish-shI whoongl—rattle] Bang! crash! Away wen* the jibs and the fore topsail, torn to rags, while the mizzen topsail, parting its sheet, commenced to whip about with tiie din Of thunder, .and then from the lips of the captain’s wife rose a wild shriek as little Bon was knocked by the slatting sail, from the yard. But, somehow,the turns of tho gas ket, which he lmd twined about his breast, had become loosely hitched, so that they hold his light form for the present, although it was evident that they must soon become unfast ened. There be now. bung, about ten feel below the end of the yard, 'swaying like a.pciidulum above the raging sea, his long, fair curls blown far out from his head by the wind; his blue eyes bulging with terror, and iris shrill erics half drowne^ by the roar of sea and gale. Touring along, with her bows bur ied in the hissing .foam and tho white water pouring over the forward rails, the ship, almost on her. beam ends, shook and quivered as if every timber was about to part. The must-bent' like bows, reeled with the shock of tho driving seas, and soon, with a loud crash, over went the fore-topmast, to be speedi ly followed by the main. Men, with axes, cleared the wreck; but now file mizzen topmast was swaying as if that was destined to go, too. It was the mate who gave the or ders, for the skipper’s whole atten tion was engrossed by the perilous situation of his little boy. No one could lay out on the yard to attempt his rescue, owing to the slatting of the topsail, which, whisking . over the spar, would haye knocked the strongest nmn aboard off the foot- rope. Thus it seemed that the child was doomed, for the turns of the line about him Were .loosening and the hitches becoming unfastened, so that be must soon.drop into the vortex of boiling, foaming waters over which he hung, and from which ho could not be saved, for uo boat could live in such a sea. . The cries of the poor mother were distressing to hear. Above the roar of the gale they could be heard, while she wrung her hands and beat tier bosom like onie half-crazed. From/his position aloft Tom Win der had witnessed the whole scene, and now, being a resolute follow, he determined to risk his life in a way which none of tiis shipmates would havd dared tq do, for the rescue of little Ben. The mast was swaying.like a whip- stalk, and lie believed it would soon go over; but this peril did not for a moment influence his decision. Un fastening the to’gallant-sail, gasket, and cutting it clear with liis sheath- knife, he firmly clutolled the rope between his teeth, and descended the dangerous, half-broken lee-topsail lift, clear of tho slatting sail, thus reaching the end of the topsail yard Fastening one end of his rope to t he spar, he secured the other firmly about his breast under the arms. Then lie went down by the rope, band over hand, until ho was at Ben’s side. “Put your arms round my neck, and cling to rny back!” ho shout ed. ' / ... - The child obeyed, when, cutting off some of the rope which had held die boy, ho with it lashed him as well os*he could to his shoulders, lie then climbed the gasket by which he hung, and thus with his burden rogaiued the ond of the topsail yard. Here he paused a foyr moments to lush with some of his gasket rope, which lie now cut clear from the spar, the little boy more securely to his back. Next, ascending the per ilous lift by which lie had come down, ho finally reached the to’gallant cross-trees, with his precious cnarge. It lmd been risky work, for the mast, swaying wildly, seemed evory second ready to go, and he now hastened to descend by the shrouds to the deck. Scarcely had ho readied the top when, both lifts partipg, away went tile to’gallant mast; and although its falling showed .how narrow had been his escape, yet he and the boy were uow out of reach from it,„us it fell clear of them to leeward, dropping into the sea. Two minutes later, little Bon was in liis niqther’s arms, and tr.e next uioment, the violence of the gale having by this ..time abated, she could make herself heard as she thanked him with tears in her eyes. “Ay,” Said the captain, “and well docs he desfirvo your thanks, for a pluckier* rescue 1 never witnessed. God' bless you, lad!” he added, turning to Tom; “and I may suy that, never again, while you are aboard this craft, shall my hand be raised against you! 1 had intended to have you flogged at .midnight, but may my arm be blasted to the stump if I ever touch you with tho catl” ■The^jciRrUiin-kofpt his word, and when tho voyage was over he used liis influence to have tho youth promoted to the position of third officer aboard another vessel which he was to command. Previous to this, whon all the other men had been discharged from tho Watchlight Tom had informed the skipper that the blow he hatlgiven the man, with whom he had fought, had been dealt to avongo liis speaking disrespectful ly of the captain’s wife. The fellow had called her a slattern and a mis chief-maker, which Tom rightly considered a slattdor. He .lmd not informed tho captain of this befpro, as lie did not wish to act tho part of a tale bearor an 1 have tho man pun ished, even to save himself from -a flogging. The. same nobility of character which he hud shown aboard the Watehlight was afterwards exhibited in other ways by Tom Winder, and this, together with his skill as a sail or, finally won for him the command of as flue a ship as ever plowed the deep.—Rufus Hale, in N. Y. Ledg er. . ■. A Newspaper Paragraph'd* Ssiyy. That ho is a strong man who can bold down his opinion. ?Tbat apprehension of ovil is often worse than evil iinolf. That a false grounded hope is but a waking man’s dream. That little sticks kindle tho fire, but great ones put it out. That purse Btrings are the most common tffes of friendship. That preferredcj'editors ure those who do not dun their debtors. Tjmt the first morning you forgot to bo polite to your wife tho honey moon is over. That ideas generate ideas as a po,- luto cut in pieces reproduces itself iu a multiplied form. That you can prove your pedigree by your parents, but your good qual ities will be recognized without any such evidence. That the chief projierties of wis dom arc, to be mindful of things past, careful of tilings present, and provident df I kings to come. To feel with and for others—what a widening out and enriching of ones life that is! LIow it increases our joys because of the pleasure that we luke in the joys of others! How it renders selfish brooding over our own | woes impossible because of the sym pathy wo must give to the sorrows of others; Not generosiiy only, i:ot kind-heartedness only, nor courtesy, nor unselfishness, nor keen percep tion, nor quick understanding---it is i all these, and more than these, As to Advertising, [Now Haven Register.] If you have goods to sell adver tise tho faot. Hire a man with a lampblack kettle and brush to paint your name and number, on all tho railroad fences The cars go whizzing by so fast that no ono can read them, to bo sure, but perhaps tho conductor will be obliging onohgh to stop the tram for i'uquisitivo passengers. Remember the fences by the road side as well. Nothing is'so attrac tive to the passerby as a well paint- ed sign. “Mulliugton’s Medical Mixture for Mumps.” HaYe your cards on the hotel reg ister by all means. Strangers stop ping at the hotel for the uight gen erally buy a uigar before leaving town, and they need some inspiring literary food besides. If an advertising agent wants to advertise your business in a fanoy frame at the depot,i pay him about two hand rod per cent, more than it te worth, and let him put it there. When a miin has throe-quarters of a second in which to oatcli a train, he invariably stops to - read depot ad ver- tisemoiits, and your card might take his eye. Of courso the street thermometer dodge is excellent. When a man’s lingers and oars are freezing, or he is puffing and “phoiving” a the heat is the time abovo all others whtiv he reads a thermometer adverfcisemeut. Print, in the blackest ink, iy great aprti^ilift card on all your wrapping- paper. Ladies ’returning frciji* a shopping tour like to bfa walking bulletins, and if the ink rubs off and spoils some of their finery, no mat ter. Dou’t fail to advertise in every circus’program me. It will help the circus to ( |)ay their bills, and (die visitors the tedium of tho clown’s jokes by looking over your interest ing remarks, about “leu per cent, bolowuost;” etc. • A boy with a big placard on a polo is tin interesting object on tho stroot, and lends a dignifioJ air to your es tablishment, Hire you a couple. Advertise on a calendar, People never look at a calendar to sec wlmt day of tho month it is. They mero- ly glance hurriedly at it.so as to be sure that your name is spelled with or without a p, that’s all. When the breozes blow wuftod by a paper fan in tho hands of a lovoly woman, ’tis well to have the air red olent with the perfume of I ho car mine ink in which your business ad dress is printed. This will make tho market tor decent fans very tirisk. Piitrouigipg every agent thal-shows you an'advertising tablet, card, -di rectory, dictionary, or oven an ad vertising bibloy if one is offored for a reasonable pricey shovys that you know whore to invest your money. But don’t think of advertising in somo well established; legitimate newspaper. Not for a moment. Yoiir advertisement would bo hiccdy printed, and would find its way into all the thrifty households of the ro gion, whore tire farmer, the mechan ic, the tradesman,! and others livey and into the families of the wealthy and refined—all who have articles tv buy and the monoy with which to buy them; and in the quiet of the evening, after the nows of the day litis beoh digested, it would be read and pandered, and the .next day peo ple would come to your sLore mid patronize you, and keep coming in increasing numbers and you might have to hire an .extra clerk or two, move into u larger blork and more favorable locution, und do a bigger b'lsinesb; but, of com>;e. it would Ik moic expensive—aud bring lugger profits. ’ ■ • /, Bis if,* Artificial sponge made of cotton, rendered absorbent, and treated with antiseptics, lias been invented in England. A piece of ihu size of a walnut has absorbed water until it reached the size of a coceamit. It is »o cheap that it need be used but once. A Hopeless Minority; [N. Y. Times] Among Rev. Henry Ward Botch- or’8 many accomplishments not the least is his ability as a story-teller. To much amused listeners lie recent ly told this ono about a New York drummer: A typical “knight of the grip suok” was detained at a small town in Western New York awhilo ago, whore a revival meeting was in progress. He had met a party of convivial friends during liis stay there, and lmd what is popularly known as a “load on.” Nevertheless ho diifted into the revival meeting and took a seat well up in front. It was rather close in tho church, and tho warm air was conducive to sleep. Tiio drummer yielded to the drowsy god und, after nodding a little, sank: into a protounu si timber and slept through the minister’s rather long und dry discourse. The nudionoe sang and the drummer slept on. Thon the ovangelist began liis ad- dross, and wound up his fervid appeal with this request: “Will all of you who want: tOigo to Heaven please rise.” Every oho in the church ex cept tho sleepy .drummer, aroso. Whon the Evangel is t asked them to bo seated; One of the brothers in the Same pew tis the sleeping dnimrncr hcbideiitally brushed against him' as he sat down. The drummer rubbed his eyes; and, partially awake, heard the last portion, of tho Evangelist’s request, Which was: "Now 1 want all of you who want to go to hell to stand up.” The drummer struggled a little, leaned forward unsteadily and rose from dvis seat in a'dazed sort of way. A sort of suppressed laugh he hoard; from some of the ypungor people; and an expression of horror lie noticed on tho faces of some of tho older ones. Steadying him self against the rail he looked at the' Evangelist an instant and then said: “Well, Parson; I don’t know just exuotly what we itre voting on, but you and I eoem to bo in a hopeless' minority.” Now Iteadluit of Old Proverbs. [Advance Courier] Men love women; women love » man. j V Whisper a scandal and it w! 11 echo itself. ,. A bird in the hand is worth two in tho shell. A nimble sixpence is' bettor than a slow note. To know a man’s cbnradtef follow him home. A fine overcoat covers a multitude of old elol lies. The rock of n cradle is the rock on which a man spirts. Tho crow of a baby is written ill the languace of the angels. Wlmt you don’t know about men often; makes them rospocUblo. The size of a man hits nothing to do vyiVk the size of a lio he can toll Lpok after yoiir wife; never mind yourself, slid will look after you. It isn’t as fai* from the top of a lull to the bottom as it is from the bottom Lo the Lop. No woman is educated who not equal to the successful management of a family. lt In Better. [Good Housekeeping-.] Never to borrow—if'you cun pos sibly avoid it. That language should be luminous rutjier than vo-luminous. To mjud your own business than to let other people mind it for you. To muke friends with your credi tors if yon can but never make a creditor of your friend, de-d ~'l’o fret inwardly than outwardly; inwardly for our friends, outwardly for our enemies. To make iho follies of others rath er a warning and instruction to out- selves than a subject of mirth and mockery of those who commit them. New York City has only forty seven dwelling houses which its lire department considers fireproof; seron arc apartment and twenty one pm ate houses.

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The Dublin post. (Dublin, Ga.) 1878-1894, March 31, 1886, Image 1